Introduction and overview -- Fault lines at the interface between globalization and sustainability -- Reframing economic policy towards sustainability -- The action research case study approach: a methodology for complex challenges such as sustainability in aviation -- Sustainability in...

This work draws on the author's experience of helping organisations develop effective strategic plans over the past 20 years, including all aspects from strategy development to planning to implementation, and covering both process and content. This has been informed by an enthusiasm for...

Introduction: what is this book about? -- From strategic planning to agile strategic thinking -- From average to cunning to stunning -- The "cunning" checklists -- From static to dynamic competitive strategy -- The art of alien thinking -- From projections to scenario story-telling -- Emotional...

Introduction to platform businesses -- The meteoric rise of platform businesses -- What is a platform business? -- Economic characteristics of platforms -- Platforms as business models -- Platform-powered ecosystems -- Lifestages of platforms : design -- Platform ignition: proving the concept --...

Platform Strategy translates the complex management and economic models behind commercial platforms such as Uber, airbnb, Etsy and eBay into a practical guide for business. Platform-powered businesses have grown exponentially in the last ten years and replaced many traditional firms. Developing...

Editors biography -- Contributor biography -- Introduction -- Women and economic sustainability -- Making visible the invisible : women's unpaid labour / Diana Sabotinova (Bulgaria) -- Employing women in the western Balkans / Zorka Grandov (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Radica Jovanovic and Olivera...

1. Modern civilization is the city -- 2. Key problems facing modern cities -- 3. The green industrial revolution -- 4. Smart green and sustainable -- 5. Technologies that make a city smart and green -- 6. Sustainable green transport -- 7. China- revolutionary green transformation -- 8. The next...